On Sept. 27, 1822, French philologist Jean-François Champollion announced that he had deciphered ancient Egyptian ...

Archaeologists are uncovering America’s hidden history, from ancient artifacts to Civil War damage in Tennessee.

The Gothic War of 376–382 marked a turning point in Roman history. What began as a refugee crisis, with Gothic tribes seeking asylum inside the Roman Empire, soon spiraled into a rebellion that the ...

On the northwestern coast of modern-day Turkey, the city at the heart of Homer’s Iliad and the Trojan War was somewhere between myth and history until ruins were discovered in Hisarlık in the late ...

With around 1,800 accredited museums in the UK, we have chosen our favourites for your next culture-filled day out ...

Sparta," Israel may be repeating the mistakes that left both city-states devastated after decades of war. On the eve of the ...

A millennia-old helmet that saw ancient Rome’s first great Mediterranean war was recently unearthed in Italy. The find was announced by the Sicilian regional government in a Sept. 5 announcement. In a ...

What is the infatuation with Israel? Is it the heroic illusion created by the “Exodus” fantasy featuring Paul Newman and Eva Marie Saint?

A bombing delay enabled rescue of some objects, but archaeologists fear the wider loss of antiquities from the many cultures ...

The thunderous crack of a medieval trebuchet launching its projectile echoes across the field, drawing gasps of excitement from onlookers witnessing history come alive.

The U.S. proposal would put Gaza’s territory effectively under international control, deploying an international security ...

Explore the 2,000-year history behind the Israel-Palestine conflict, from Roman renaming of Judaea as Syria Palaestina, ...